{"id":25734,"date":"2022-08-14T09:58:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T04:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=25734"},"modified":"2022-08-14T14:53:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T09:23:06","slug":"akasa-air-founder-rakesh-jhunjunwala-is-no-more-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/14\/akasa-air-founder-rakesh-jhunjunwala-is-no-more-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"Akasa Air Founder Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is No More | RIP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Billionaire<strong> Rakesh Jhunjhunwala<\/strong> a Big bull and founder of Akasa Air died on 14th August due to cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shocking and sad news came on Sunday morning around 7 Am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-akasa-air-founder-rakesh-jhunjunwala-died\">Akasa Air Founder Rakesh Jhunjunwala died<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Akasa-Air-Rakesh-Jhunjhunwala1-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"Akasa-air-founder-rakesh-Jhunjunwala-died-at-62\" class=\"wp-image-20712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Akasa-Air-Rakesh-Jhunjhunwala1-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Akasa-Air-Rakesh-Jhunjhunwala1-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Akasa-Air-Rakesh-Jhunjhunwala1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Akasa-Air-Rakesh-Jhunjhunwala1-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Akasa-Air-Rakesh-Jhunjhunwala1-1536x860.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Akasa-Air-Rakesh-Jhunjhunwala1-2048x1147.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Akasa-Air-Rakesh-Jhunjhunwala1-750x420.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Akasa-Air-Rakesh-Jhunjhunwala1-1140x638.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Akasa-air-founder-Rakesh-Jhunjunwala-died-at-62<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to some sources, the Jhunjhunwala was brought to Beach candy hospital and at around 6:45 Am Sunday morning he was declared Dead by doctors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was suffering from multiple disorders and was discharged a few days ago for Akasa Air Inauguration Flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is the founder of Akasa Air and was present on its<em><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/07\/akasa-air-flight-takes-off-for-the-first-time-with-new-b737-everything-you-need-to-know-is-here\/\"> First flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad<\/a><\/em> on 7th August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jhunjhunwala was <strong>India&#8217;s 36th Richest man<\/strong> as of July 2022 report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a <strong>chairman and founder<\/strong> of many Big companies Including, Hungama, Biotech, Provogue, etc are few on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was born and brought up in Rajasthani Family and become a Charter accountant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian Prime Minister&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Narendra_Modi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Narendra Modi<\/a>&nbsp;shared his condolence stating, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was indomitable. Full of life, witty and insightful, he leaves behind an indelible contribution to the financial world. He was also very passionate about India\u2019s progress. His passing away is saddening.&#8221;<\/p><cite>PM Narendra Modi Ji on Rakesh Jhunjhunwala demise<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope he <strong>Rests in Peace<\/strong> and he will be always remembered for his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Akasa Air First Flight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was present on the First flight and he is the one who started this airline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/akasa-air-ImResizer.webp\" alt=\"Akasa-air-founder-rakesh-Jhunjunwala-died-at-62\" class=\"wp-image-25745\" width=\"879\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/akasa-air-ImResizer.webp 770w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/akasa-air-ImResizer-600x336.webp 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/akasa-air-ImResizer-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/akasa-air-ImResizer-768x430.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/akasa-air-ImResizer-750x420.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><figcaption>Rakesh-Jhunjunwala-onboard-Akasa-Air<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to people on Flight, he was asking for flight feedback and was taking pictures with all. He was at the airport without fancy arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was weak but his passion for doing something clearly reflected on his face. We will soon make a detailed story on Akasa Air founder Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, so stay tuned and connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Akasa Air tweeted over the demise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Akasa Air twitted about the demise and said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We are deeply saddened by the untimely Demise of Mr. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala this morning.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Akasa Air tweet<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oV0AtR0pMF\">pic.twitter.com\/oV0AtR0pMF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Akasa Air (@AkasaAir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkasaAir\/status\/1558700014880571392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>Akasa Air tweet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also Read, <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/13\/blood-donation-awareness-activist-kiran-verma-flew-with-rakesh-jhunjhunwala-for-the-first-time-on-akasa-air-exclusive\/\">Blood donation awareness Activist Kiran Verma flew with Rakesh Jhunjhunwala for the First time on Akasa Air | Exclusive &#8211; Aviation A2Z<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay connected with&nbsp;<strong>Aviation A2Z!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Our&nbsp;<strong>Telegram Group<\/strong>&nbsp;for Latest Aviation Updates:-<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is news that will require more points and will be added later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala a Big bull and founder of Akasa Air died on 14th August due to cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399,6761],"tags":[152,392,104,246,3116,79,2030,393,7132,115,81,3065,7133,6338],"class_list":{"0":"post-25734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news","9":"tag-airlines","10":"tag-airlines-news","11":"tag-airport","12":"tag-akasa-air","13":"tag-akasa-airline","14":"tag-aviation","15":"tag-aviation-a2z-news","16":"tag-aviation-news","17":"tag-billionaire-rakesh-jhunjhunwala","18":"tag-india","19":"tag-latest-aviation-news","20":"tag-rakesh-jhunjhunwala","21":"tag-rakesh-jhunjhunwala-died","22":"tag-rakesh-jhunjunwala"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25734"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25762,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25734\/revisions\/25762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}